Foldable cuff or wristband.



T. J. HOGAN.

FOLDABLE CUFF 0R WRISTBAND.

APPLICATION FILED saw. 30 I916.

Patented J mm 12, 1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.- Patenfed June 12, 1917,

Application filed September 30, 1916. Serial No. 122,955.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. HOGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foldable Gufis or Wristbands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shirt ends ,or waistbands of the kind which are designed to be ironed soft or unstarched. Cuffs of this character are well-known and popular. As at present made they are adapted to be folded outwardly and back and near the adjacent edges provided with buttonholes which register and through which the cuff button is adapted to pass.

The object of the present invention is to construct the soft cuif or wristband so that its length may be adjusted and so thatthe exposed or folded edge of the end may be j changed at will. To accomplish these objects the cufiis provided with a plurality of buttonholes on one side of the folding line. and a single buttonhole on the other side. Preferably the plurality of holes are on the inner portion of the cuif. The location of the buttonholes is preferably" such that the unused buttonhole will be concealed In the drawings sleeve and 2 a cufi attached thereto.

sleeve and soft cud constructed according to my invention, the cuff being shown unfolded: Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the cud foldedin one of the positionsready to vwear, and Fig. 3 is a similar view. showing the end folded in another position.

Same reference characters indicate like parts in the several figures.

In said drawings 1 represents a shkr: shown the cuff is provided below the folding lines with a buttonhole 3 and above the folding lines with two or morebuttonholes 4 and 5. When two buttonholes are used in this part of the end, the cuff may be folded on the dotted line m .n, inwhich case the cuff button will pass through holes 3 and 5, or it may be folded on the dotted line y.y, in which case the cuff button will pass through holes 3 and 4 exposing a different portion of the cuff at the folded ed e.

The buttonholes should be positioned re ative to each other so that when the cuff is folded on either line the free edge of the cufl will overlap and conceal the edge 6 of the sleeve to which the cufi. is attached.

It will be understood that applicant does not limit himself to the number of cuff buttonholes nor to the exact location of them, but the form shown seems to be the desirable embodiment of this invention, because in this form the unused buttonhole or buttonholes are concealed as is indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2 where the unused buttonhole 4 is'under the folded part below the cufi' button, and in Fig. 3 where the unused buttonhole 5 is under the folded part above the cufi button.

The advantages of my improved device are many. p

The length of the sleeve may be adjusted. The wear time of the cuff may be greatly extended, because the wearing edge can be readily changed. The shirt, will not require laundrying so often, because the edge of the end, which. always becomes soiled first, may be readily changed. a

Having described my invention and its uses, I claim:

A folding and or wristband provided with a plurality of cufl' buttonholes above the folding lines and a cufl' buttonhole below the folding lines adapted by changing the folding line to register with either buttonhole on the other side of the folding line, the holes being spaced apart. relative to each other so that when the cuff is folded its free edge will overlap the edge of the sleeve in all cases. I

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

THOMAS J. HOGAN. 

